Saudi Arabia has asked Interpol for assistance in seeking the arrest of 85 terror suspects living abroad, according to a statement on the interior ministry’s website. The list includes six former Guantanamo detainees who had been released into Saudi custody and had undergone a rehabilitation programme.

The list of 83 Saudis and two Yemenis includes Said bin Ali al-Shihri, a Saudi national suspected of involvement in a bombing of the US Embassy in Sanaa , theYemeni capital, in September. Al Qaeda in Yemen has identified al-Shihri as its new deputy leader.